SALEM, Mass. — Three youths are facing charges after allegedly flipping a stolen vehicle on a busy street in Salem on Monday night.
According to Salem police, around 7:43 p.m. officers put out a be-on-the-lookout (BOLO) for a vehicle, described as a 2018 white Kia Soul, being driven erratically, with no lights, in the area of Salem Street.
The vehicle had been reported stolen from Broad Street on Sunday.
Tiffany Remy, the owner of the Kia Soul, was alerted by her mother, Carol Martin, her car wasn’t in the driveway.
“My mom came up, woke me up on Sunday morning and asked me where the car was,” Remy said. “I said, ‘What are you talking about? It’s in the driveway.’ Nope, she said. It’s not.” She immediately called police to report the car missing.
On Monday night, a patrol officer observed the vehicle parked on Salem Street and as the responding officer exited his cruiser, the vehicle sped off at a high rate of speed in the direction of Harbor Street.
The officer attempted to stop the vehicle by activating their blue lights, however, the vehicle failed to stop. Approximately 44 seconds after the vehicle was sighted and attempted to be stopped, the stolen car crashed in the area of 140 Washington Street.
Officers found that the vehicle had rolled over onto its roof, across the median that separates both the inbound and outbound lanes of Washington Street, police said.
The occupants of the stolen vehicle, one male and two females, all juveniles, were able to extricate themselves and were placed under arrest and transported to the police station for booking and medical evaluation.
One of the juveniles was transported to Salem Hospital for evaluation and later released.
The male from Lynn will be charged with larceny and receiving a stolen motor vehicle, unlicensed operation, negligent operation, speed greater than reasonable, marked lanes violation, failure to stop for police, failure to stop (red light) and a passing violation.
The two females will be charged with larceny and receiving a stolen vehicle.
After booking and medical evaluation, all three juveniles were released to their parents or guardian.
Remy first learned of the crash from social media, followed by a call from police.
“Shocked, just shocked,” Remy said. “I’m happy the teens got away safely.”
What she’s less happy about is the fact she’s down her only form of transportation -- and faces a big expense for a new car.
“I didn’t have the right insurance,” Remy said.”I didn’t have comprehensive insurance which covers stolen cars and totaled cars. It’s totaled. I went and looked at it last night.”
Remy, who is employed as manager of Modern Millie clothing store in downtown Salem, is a single mother of two -- including a daughter close in age to the kids alleged to have stolen her car.
“My daughter said, are you going to use this as a teaching moment? Because I’m not dumb enough to steal a car.”
Remy said that yes, indeed, she will be using this as a teaching moment.
Tiffany Remy set up a GoFundMe to help defray the cost of a new vehicle. The link to donate is here.
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